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Movie Title : Black Gold
Release Date : Oct 6, 2006 Wide
Genre Movie :Documentary,Special Interest
Mpaa Rating : Unrated

Actors :Tadesse Meskela,Dr. Ernesto Illy

Filmmakers Marc and Nick Francis team to explore the discrepancy between the skyrocketing profits of multinational coffee companies and the all-time low prices paid for coffee harvests in a documentary that aims to provide a voice to the struggling farmers and laborers who strive to keep the coffee flowing. As devastated farmers are forced to sell off their once-bountiful lands simply to make ends meet, Ethiopia's once-thriving coffee industry slowly falls to ruin; but one man is out to fight for the struggling laborers. Tadesse Meskela represents over 70,000 struggling coffee farmers, and in his mission to help the farmers preserve their rich heritage, Meskela has traveled to every corner of the globe on a mission to seek out fair prices for what are often considered the highest-quality beans on the market. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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If that $2 cup of Starbucks didn't jolt you awake, this documentary by Marc and Nick Francis might do the trick.
J. R. Jones-Chicago Reader

Black Gold moves at an inexorable pace, painstakingly building a case until suddenly it looms very large and casts an even longer shadow.
Carina Chocano-Los Angeles Times

... a by turns poetic and hard-hitting critique of the global coffee industry ...
Ann Hornaday-Washington Post

The lesson is clear: The system is broken and needs repair, and educating consumers is part of the solution.
Walter V. Addiego-San Francisco Chronicle

More dynamism and knowledge in the telling and fewer cheap shots at young Starbucks workers in Seattle wouldn't have gone amiss.
Dave Calhoun-Time Out

This is a documentary that gets a lot across while avoiding cliches and easy exploitation, even in famine-ravaged places where more horrific images must have abounded.
Janice Page-Boston Globe

It is attractively shot, thoughtfully edited, provocatively argued, and might just have you turning its issues over in your mind late into the night - or is that just the effect of so much coffee?
Anton Bitel-musicOMH.com

While the film is quick to posit fair trade as a solution, it fails to answer why, even with Meskela's admirable initiatives, his coffee farmers still struggle to buy shoes.
Wendy Ide-Times [UK]

If you don't buy Fair Trade coffee after this you never will.
Anthony Quinn-Independent

A worthy look at an exploitation that really shouldn't exist in this day and age, Black Gold will hopefully shock audiences into looking for the Fairtrade symbol next time they're in the supermarket.
Laura Bushell-Film4

True, fair trade coffee is not the newest story around, but Black Gold still makes for arresting viewing.
David Mattin-BBC

Contrast that with shots of the grower's malnourished children relying on emergency foreign aid and it's enough to make your blood boil - never mind the coffee.
-Daily Mirror [UK]

Intimate interviews with starving farmers selling beans for 24p a kilo while we pay 2 a cup will make you appreciate the importance of fair-trade when ordering your next double-shot, skinny latte.
-Total Film

While it may prompt some to think again next time they're in Starbucks, this astute insight into the coffee business is better at lauding the good guys than taking the multinationals to task for the iniquities of the global economy.
David Parkinson-Empire Magazine

The Francis brothers maintain a lively pace and a satirical mood.
Maria Garcia-Film Journal International

An important and timely film that may make you think twice before downing your next cup of joe.
Timothy Knight-Reel.com

Whether due to resources or time or just plain laziness, directors Marc and Nick Francis have fashioned a rather shapeless movie that raises many good points but fails to fully investigate its findings.
Glenn Whipp-Los Angeles Daily News

... there is an additional irony to the title: The raw beans are not themselves black, but the growers are.
Andy Klein-Los Angeles CityBeat

The film's effectiveness is bolstered by juxtaposed scenes of fat and happy Americans and Europeans slurping up frozen chai lattes and clucking about how big Starbuck's is getting with scenes of children going into 'therapeutic feeding centers'.
Pete Vonder Haar-Film Threat

Black Gold raises issues in an engaging way without preaching or becoming a lesson in economics. At the end of it all you will certainly be looking for those Fair Trade stickers.
Richard Mowe-Boxoffice Magazine

Warm relaxing pace becomes languishing, most of the beans have been spilt by the halfway mark. Still, it's definitely educational, an effective call to action.
Ross Anthony-Hollywood Report Card

The premise powerfully postulated here is that not only Ethiopians, but millions and millions of other Africans are suffering due to the paltry prices paid by big business for natural resources which most people from developed countries take for granted.
Kam Williams-EURWeb

Punctuated by long shots of foggy mountainsides as well as very close shots of glistening green coffee beans on the tree, the film makes its argument with the help of an evocative score by Andreas Kapsalis.
Cynthia Fuchs-PopMatters

Economic repression by competitive market forces is a systemic injustice in this corner of the marketplace.
Jules Brenner-Cinema Signals